拍品 127
127
A RARE CARVED RED LACQUER THREE-TIERED BOX AND COVER
PROPERTY FROM A FAR EASTERN COLLECTION
A RARE CARVED RED LACQUER THREE-TIERED BOX AND COVER

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A RARE CARVED RED LACQUER THREE-TIERED BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The tall box of quatrefoil form, finely carved in high relief on the top with a scene of a scholar offering a libation cup while gazing at the distant landscape, accompanied by three boy attendants who stand before a stand of pawlonia trees as well as wutong and bamboo, the sides of each section finely carved with shaped rectangular panels of formal lotus scroll reserved on a ground of cell pattern, and each of the four indented corners superimposed with an auspicious motif such as the flaming pearl, double cash and lingzhi fungus, all raised on a separately made conforming red lacquer stand carved with patterns of wan, cell and key fret
8 in. (20.2cm.) high, Japanese wood box

拍品專文

A very similar example, also dated to the Qianlong period and carved with precious objects on each of the four corners, was sold Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 27 April 1993, lot 338. See, also, the pair of Qianlong period carved lacquer three-tiered boxes and covers with stands sold Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 26 October 2003, lot 95.

A related example, although with sides carved with floral reserves on a key-fret ground, is illustrated in Masterpieces of Chinese Carved Lacquer Ware in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1971, pl. 38.